Red Martini

We went a little after 6p and there was NO ONE in the place. The first guest to arrive was not greeted because the bartender was on the phone handling some sort of financial matter. It was 5 minutes, after two more guests arrived, before we were even greeted. We sat at a table near the bar, and the bartender didn’t even bother to walk over to greet us — instead, he talked to us from behind the bar, basically not asking how we were but just asking for our order. He also stated «and no we don’t have a menu». This is drinks only — no food from what I could tell. The place is cute and has great potential, but it was hard to hear because there was a hockey game on and it was so loud (with no one in this small place, it was likely enhanced). Two of us ordered DIRTY vodka martinis with an EXTRA olive. We received VERY clean (no juice at all) martinis with 1 olive. The other drinks were fine, and the price was fantastic — which is the only thing going for this place at the moment. A tango dance group arrived a bit after us, cleared the lower space of all the chairs and tables, set up a sound system, and began tango dancing — which was fine. So, pros: great space and the prices for drinks was great. But you have to deal with less than average service from a bartender who doesn’t seem to really care about customers (and given others’ comments, I’m guessing it’s the same person).

Cute ambience, nice drinks with decent prices BUT there are some staff that are not very nice and bathrooms get quite dirty. With that said, not all staff is less than friendly. Ironically it’s usually the owner who is the rudest. The monitors are good. As any cigar bar, bring your own because buy there you’ll over pay.

I love this place, and used to regularly end girls’ night out here when I lived in the Springs previously. The reason we would end here was 1) girly, fairly innocent sweet desserty creamy cocktails and 2) quiet, which may be unfortunate since I’d hate to see this place go out of business. I just got back three days ago and walked in after a visit to the Principal’s Office in Ivywild (where I had a really stellar julep). I was the only one here when I walked in. again, too bad. It’d be a loss for adult places to grab a quiet drink… but that don’t take themselves too seriously… if this place were gone. I’ve always liked it, and always had good drinks and service. Today was no exception. Personable, female bartender. Good drink. Reasonable price. Great view of passers by on the patio. I still like it.

Came here for a networking event and was pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere. The drinks were tasty and generously poured. The ladies behind the bar were doing a pretty good job of keeping up with what was probably a larger than average crowd for a Thursday night. All in all, I’d drink here again.

Can you give zero stars? No? Well if I could I would. This place was awesome a couple of years ago when they had a different bartender. Now there is this guy who who gives crappy service, he’s rude and just generally unpleasant to be around. I don’t know his name, big guy with an untrimmed beard. In a place like this the bartender is everything and can make or break you. In this case, he is definitely causing a problem. We couldn’t wait to get out of there.

Went here for happy hour and to have some food. The lemon meringue martini was so good. It’s too bad that everything else sucked! We were so excited to come here and it was so bad. I had a couple martinis. One of the ingredients was missing off of the key lime pie martini but I wasn’t told. I was given a menu but told I couldn’t order anything because he wasn’t sure there was anyone there to cook it. I made several comments about wanting to order food and it wasn’t until I said I was leaving that he offered to even check if the cook was there. There were two guys at the corner of the bar that were obviously officiated with the bar. The way they talked I believe they were lawyers. They dropped the f*bomb every third word and laughed while describing a female co worker as a «twat». Bartender disappeared for ten minutes at a time. Had such high hopes for this. So totally disappointing. We will not be back

Walked in with my fiancé at 6pm to grab a drink before dinner. I was excited to try this place because I love martinis and a friend recommended it. There were only two other people at the bar, yet the bartender COMPLETELY ignored us for a good ten minutes. No «HI», «How are you?» or even a head nod. While we were being ignored we heard him carry on his conversation with the other couple about how awful Colorado Springs is and the people that live there. I don’t even live in Colorado Springs, I live in Silicon Valley, and I thought he was totally out of line. What if my fiancé and I had been from Colorado Springs? He was just so condescending. When he finally approached us I ordered a drink and then he made a snide remark about how that drink doesn’t come in a martini glass, but he can put it one if thats all I care about. I was just so weirded out by him and how much he ignored us. Needless to say we will never go there again. I don’t even remember if the drink was good. Disappointing.

Love going for happy hour as martinis are half price. The Lemon Meringue martini is hands down my favorite!!! Highly recommend!

Really nice little place. Went here with some friends for Thursday Happy Hour half price martinis and appetizers (except for seafood) and was pleasantly surprised.
The lamb medallions were fantastic! And the bartender was really nice.
Definitely someplace I think I’ll go again.